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vUNITED STATES TIMOTHY B. STEWART, OF

FARE- HARTFORD, CON NEOTIOUT.

BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of-Letters Patent No. 293,811, dated February- 19, 1884.

Application nica May 1-1, ists. (Nomoael.)

lo aZZ whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, TIMOTHY B. STEWART, of Hartford, inthe county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fare-v]3oxes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, whereby a person skilled in the art can make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Like letters in the iigures indicate the same parts.

Figure l is afront view of my improvedfarebox. Fig. 2 is a rear view of same. Fig. 3 is aview in vertical longitudinal section on plane denoted by line x x of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a view in cross-section on line y y of Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a view in horizontal section of the box on a plane (above the line z z on Fig. 3) cutting through the glasses set in the'vertical walls of the box. Fig. 6 is-a View in vertical longitudinal section on plane x x 'of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 is a diagram view, showing the relative arrangement of a lamp'box, a reector, and my improved fare-box.

My invention relates to the class of fare-- boxes especially adapted for use in horse-cars and other public vehicles; and it consists, mainly., in the improvements in detailsof arrangement and combination of the various part-s,whereby a strong, compact, and convenient box is made.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter a denotes the frame or inclosing portion of the fare-box as a whole, formed of any suitable material. This box, for convenience of description, may be divided into several distinct is inclosed on several sides by glass panes gg g, (see Fig.'5,) securely framed into the main frame of the box, by means of which the fare as it lies upon the cylinder is exposed to the view of the passengers from within and the handle, h, by means of which the cylinder may be rotated in either direction by the driver of the car. The handle has a collar, with sides conforming in vnumber with the number of compartments of the cylinder-four in the form shown inthe drawingsA-{see Fig. 2) and a broad-faced bolt, t', actuated bythe spring in the case j, fast to the box, holds the cylinder in such position that the compartments, by the drawing in of the side of the box, forma bottom for the inspection-section b. The bolt yields when the handle is turned, and the cylinder may be turned sharply to right and left, to .shake up the money and tickets lying with` in the compartment; or it may be rotated to dump the money into the drawer. The bearing-surfaces between collar and, face of bolt hold the cylinder with either compartment up, or any equivalent means may be provided for so locking it; but I prefer this as the simplest. By turning the cylinder always to the right the fares are-all dumped into one of the compartments in the deposit-section b, or by turning it to the left they'fall into the other cornpartme'nt, and by this means fares can be sepa'- rated by the driver for the out-trip and returntrip. The cylinder is so placed and operated that the glasses may be broken in the inspection-division, and yet no money can be picked' fromv the deposit-section, as the cylinder in its closely-fitting socket (see Fig. 6) effectually stops the way, and nothing short of a comvplete destruction of the box will enable a person to effect the removal ofthe contained money in the deposit-section.

The drawer is provided with locksk k', that throw bolts 'in opposite directions, and the style of lock preferred is the one in which the key cannot-be withdrawn until the drawer is locked, thus'remov'ing chances of accident by 'driver from without the car. A central crossleaving the drawer unlocked. In the upper IOO part of the box a gong-bell, l, is secured, and I with side panes, g y y, and the vertical cross- 2o below it a lever, m, is pivoted, with the hammer so arranged as to strike the bell when the end of the lever outside the box is depressed. The weight of the hammer holds it free of the bell in its normal position.

In order to light up the interior of the farebox, I make use of the reflector placed in or near the lamp-box in such position (see diagram, Fig. 7,)that the rays are thrown through the side glass, g, of the box upon the bottom of the inspection-chamber.

I am aware that a rotary cylinder having compartments for the reception of fares is not new, and this I do not broadly7 claim.

I claim as my inventionl. In a fare-box, in combination, the frame a, having the receiving-section Z), with trough d for guiding the fares, the inspeetionseetion l partitions g" of glass, the rotary cylindc'i c,

with compartments at the bottom of thelatter sectionand the drawer f, having the vertical partition b, all substantially as described.

2. In a fare-box of the within-described class, the rotary cylinder c, havin g peripheral compartments, and fast to its axis that projects through the side of the box the handle h, with the iiat surfaces co-operating with the spring-impelled broad-i`aced bolt fz', whereby .the cylinder may be held in place to receive the fares, or rotated in either direction to deposit them, all substantially as described.

TIMOTHY B. H'IEXVART.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. BURDicr'r, E. F. DIMOCK. 

